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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4416
Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 405/612	  from Ch. 48, par. 442
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after June 1, 2026, benefits shall be payable to an individual on the basis of wages for employment in other than an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity performed for an educational institution or an educational service agency, as long as the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits. Effective immediately.
LRB104 17326 SPS 30750 b
A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
5changing Section 612 as follows:
6    (820 ILCS 405/612)  (from Ch. 48, par. 442)
7    Sec. 612. Academic personnel; ineligibility between
8academic years or terms.
9    A. Benefits based on wages for services which are
10employment under the provisions of Sections 211.1, 211.2, and
11302C shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms,
12and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the
13basis of wages for other services which are employment under
14this Act; except that:
15        1. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on
16    the basis of wages for employment in an instructional,
17    research, or principal administrative capacity performed
18    for an institution of higher education, for any week which
19    begins during the period between two successive academic
20    years, or during a similar period between two regular
21    terms, whether or not successive, or during a period of
22    paid sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's
23    contract, if the individual has a contract or contracts to
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1    perform services in any such capacity for any institution
2    or institutions of higher education for both such academic
3    years or both such terms.
4        This paragraph 1 shall apply with respect to any week
5    which begins prior to January 1, 1978.
6        2. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on
7    the basis of wages for service in employment in any
8    capacity other than those referred to in paragraph 1,
9    performed for an institution of higher learning, for any
10    week which begins after September 30, 1983, during a
11    period between two successive academic years or terms, if
12    the individual performed such service in the first of such
13    academic years or terms and there is a reasonable
14    assurance that the individual will perform such service in
15    the second of such academic years or terms.
16        3. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on
17    the basis of wages for service in employment in any
18    capacity other than those referred to in paragraph 1,
19    performed for an institution of higher education, for any
20    week which begins after January 5, 1985, during an
21    established and customary vacation period or holiday
22    recess, if the individual performed such service in the
23    period immediately before such vacation period or holiday
24    recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the
25    individual will perform such service in the period
26    immediately following such vacation period or holiday
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1    recess.
2    B. Benefits based on wages for services which are
3employment under the provisions of Sections 211.1 and 211.2
4shall be payable in the same amount, on the same terms, and
5subject to the same conditions, as benefits payable on the
6basis of wages for other services which are employment under
7this Act, except that:
8        1. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on
9    the basis of wages for service in employment in an
10    instructional, research, or principal administrative
11    capacity performed for an educational institution, for any
12    week which begins after December 31, 1977, during a period
13    between two successive academic years, or during a similar
14    period between two regular terms, whether or not
15    successive, or during a period of paid sabbatical leave
16    provided for in the individual's contract, if the
17    individual performed such service in the first of such
18    academic years (or terms) and if there is a contract or a
19    reasonable assurance that the individual will perform
20    service in any such capacity for any educational
21    institution in the second of such academic years (or
22    terms).
23        2. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on
24    the basis of wages for service in employment in any
25    capacity other than those referred to in paragraph 1,
26    performed for an educational institution, for any week
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1    which begins after December 31, 1977, during a period
2    between two successive academic years or terms, if the
3    individual performed such service in the first of such
4    academic years or terms and there is a reasonable
5    assurance that the individual will perform such service in
6    the second of such academic years or terms.
7        3. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on
8    the basis of wages for service in employment in any
9    capacity performed for an educational institution, for any
10    week which begins after January 5, 1985, during an
11    established and customary vacation period or holiday
12    recess, if the individual performed such service in the
13    period immediately before such vacation period or holiday
14    recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the
15    individual will perform such service in the period
16    immediately following such vacation period or holiday
17    recess.
18        4. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits on
19    the basis of wages for service in employment in any
20    capacity performed in an educational institution while in
21    the employ of an educational service agency for any week
22    which begins after January 5, 1985, (a) during a period
23    between two successive academic years or terms, if the
24    individual performed such service in the first of such
25    academic years or terms and there is a reasonable
26    assurance that the individual will perform such service in
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1    the second of such academic years or terms; and (b) during
2    an established and customary vacation period or holiday
3    recess, if the individual performed such service in the
4    period immediately before such vacation period or holiday
5    recess and there is a reasonable assurance that the
6    individual will perform such service in the period
7    immediately following such vacation period or holiday
8    recess. The term "educational service agency" means a
9    governmental agency or governmental entity which is
10    established and operated exclusively for the purpose of
11    providing such services to one or more educational
12    institutions.
13    C. 1. If benefits are denied to any individual under the
14provisions of paragraph 2 of either subsection A or B of this
15Section for any week which begins on or after September 3, 1982
16and such individual is not offered a bona fide opportunity to
17perform such services for the educational institution for the
18second of such academic years or terms, such individual shall
19be entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits for each week
20for which the individual filed a timely claim for benefits as
21determined by the rules and regulations issued by the Director
22for the filing of claims for benefits, provided that such
23benefits were denied solely because of the provisions of
24paragraph 2 of either subsection A or B of this Section.
25    2. If benefits on the basis of wages for service in
26employment in other than an instructional, research, or
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1principal administrative capacity performed in an educational
2institution while in the employ of an educational service
3agency are denied to any individual under the provisions of
4subparagraph (a) of paragraph 4 of subsection B and such
5individual is not offered a bona fide opportunity to perform
6such services in an educational institution while in the
7employ of an educational service agency for the second of such
8academic years or terms, such individual shall be entitled to
9a retroactive payment of benefits for each week for which the
10individual filed a timely claim for benefits as determined by
11the rules and regulations issued by the Director for the
12filing of claims for benefits, provided that such benefits
13were denied solely because of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 4
14of subsection B of this Section.
15    D. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section or
16paragraph 2 of subsection C of Section 500 to the contrary,
17with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after
18March 15, 2020, and before September 4, 2021 (including any
19week of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and
20on or before June 25, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act
21102-26)) and with respect to a week of unemployment beginning 
22on or after June 1, 2026, benefits shall be payable to an
23individual on the basis of wages for employment in other than
24an instructional, research, or principal administrative
25capacity performed for an educational institution or an
26educational service agency under any of the circumstances
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1described in this Section, to the extent permitted under
2Section 3304(a)(6) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, as
3long as the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits.
4(Source: P.A. 101-633, eff. 6-5-20; 102-26, eff. 6-25-21;
5102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.